By
Carlos Santoscoy
Published:
March 05, 2014

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
on Tuesday said that all county clerks can immediately begin issuing
marriage licenses to gay couples, roughly 3 months before a gay
marriage law approved by lawmakers takes effect on June 1.

Macon County Clerk Stephen Bean reached
out to Madigan after a federal judge ordered Cook County to begin
issuing marriage licenses. The judge said that the order only
applied to Cook County.